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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1908)
MAT 22, 1908' The Commoner, 13 made their mark as physicians and lawyers. Two or three have ovon WE SHIP o APPROVAL been successful in politics. """ 'ni, prepay inn ireirai ad allow 1 DAYS FWK THIAU IT OMLV CfltTl A rml tfl lsrft m - iQPBtf A LITTLE TRIP THROUGH MEMORY'S BYWAYS The Class of 1908 of the Oregon High School Requests the honor of your presence at the Commencement Exercises Friday Evening, May Twenty-Second First M. E. Church Oregon, Mo. O me, O my! How time does fly! 'A handsomely printed commencement program, accompanied by the card of a young woman whose mother was a classmate of the architect in the days gone by, set the chords of memory to murmuring and whispering of old times, old scenes, old friends. Until the architect received this dainty card it seemed only yesterday that he was a pupil in the old brick school hoise on the hill in Oregon; only yesterday that he sneaked out at recess to go to the old Sentinel ofllce and delve Into the mysteries of the art preservative; only yesterday that he proudly tucked his union card Into his pocket and fared forth into thef w6rld. And here comes a commencement program of the old school calling at tention to the fact that it is the chil dren of his old school comrades "who are graduating, and that instead of yesterday it was a quarter of a cen tury ago that all those things hap pened. A lot of things have hap pened during those twenty-five years, too; not the least pleasing being this ndtico th&t the sons and daughters of the old school chums are graduat ing with' hondrs. Jesse Leonard Cain, Anna Helen Curry, Fred Finley Hamm, Charles Leroy Huntsman, Mabel Odessa Huntsman, Loraine Trotwood King, Blanche Cornelia Markland, Kath leen Norine Moore, Myrtle Alithy Pennel, Louie Myron Pinkston, Rob ert Ray Stevenson, Mary Wilhelmina Zook just an even dozen. With two or three exceptions every name Is as familiar as that of "John Smith" or "Richard Roe," and the familiar onqs recall so many incidents that the architect Is confused. My, how he wishes he could take the rest of the day off and just revel In mem ories of those old days! per man." Perhaps a lot of people have a right to condemn "Deacon" for all this, but the architect thanks him. And may "Deacon" live just as long as ho wants to, and keep on re cording the births, marriages and deathB of the community until he gets good and ready to quit. Why, ho chronicled the birth of near ly everyone of the fathers and moth ers of the young men and women who make up the graduating class of 1908 of the Oregon High School, and he chronicled the birth of probably every member of that class. And, alas, he has chronicled the deaths of more than one of the parents of that splendid dozen of enthusiastic young men and women. "Markland!" Why, let me see. O, yes; wo used to call him "Fred" or"FrItz," but nowadays people call him Doctor Markland. You'd little think to see that sedate professional gentleman walking up the street to wards the Methodist church, to see his daughter graduate, that he used to be able to turn back handsprings clear across the courthouse square, walk on his hands as readily as most boys walk on their feet, and perform stunts on the horizontal bar that would make a professional circus performer go some to beat. "Pinkston!" It took a moment for memory to reach out and grasp it. But now it comes. That was "Buzz." Is It possible that the Louie Myron Pinkston of the 'class of '08 is the son of the quiet, unobtrusive, but shrewd and capable "Buzz," whose life was cut off all too soon? Whose life work was Interrupted just after he had rounded into manhood and had begun making a success in the business world? Ah, there are some sad as well as many pleasant memor ies stirred up as the architect studies this program. "Curry! " Why that was the name of 'the foreman in the old Sentinel ofllce where the architect learned the printer's trade rotund, smiling, good natured Tom Curry, who could "edge up ems"as fast as any of them, and who would rcther fish than eat. Surely he is the same old Tom a little older, a little slower, a little more sedate, but just as ready with his hearty laugh and just as ready to hike off to Big Lake for a fishlpg trip. And thinking of Tom reminds us of "Deacon" Dobyns. He has been called "Deacon" for a half century, and the only reason we could ever frame up for the sobriquet was that he neither looked nor acted like a deacon. Something like forty years ago he become editor of the then old Sentinel, and if he has missed a week since it was because he was in the hospital. He put the first "stick" into the architect's hand, and pointed out the first case of bourgeois type. He handed the architect his first piece of "copy," and pointed out the de fects in his first proof. He gave the architect his first instructions in the art of "writing an item," and his first incentive to become a "newspa- There are some other names there, too, even if they do "not appear in the impress of the types. They are the names of the girls names that were dropped when they took the names of the Etalwart young fellows who stood with them before the min ister. And one of those names is re called by the card of the young wo man who sends the architect the program and invitation. Wonder if she remembers the day she perched on the shoulder of the writer and watched the "flower parade" go by? Bless you, that was just yesterday, it seems, and here she is a high school graduate! , Wouldn't that make a fellow realize that the years are pil ing up? The Oregon High School! Once upon a time the taxpayers who sup ported it had dreams of a Northwest Normal School but not even a Nor mal School could do better work for its students than has been done with in the walls of the old brick school house. . Perhaps none has made a dazzling success, but the general' av erage of citizenship formulated In that old school is something for Its supporters to be proud of forever. One of its graduates is making a name in the railroad world; another is ranking high in the newspaper ranks on the Pacific Coast; several are wealthy farmers who are known in circles where scientific methods of agriculture are discussed; others are prominent in the educational and business world, and still others have There is another name recalled by the printed program, although it does not appear thereon. How, many of tho old students, scattered abroad throughout tho land will remember the name of Osmar C. Hill? It took us many years of buffeting with the world to fully realize what a man ho was, didn't it? But tho irksome tasks he set us proved to bo splendid dis cipline for the days that came after, and tho splendid example ho sot by his daily life has more than once been an Inspiration to better things. Tho fathers and mothers of tho young people in tho class of '08 will sit in that old MethodiBt church this Fri day ovening and recall those old days, and when they do more than one tear will start for tho memory of Os mar C. Hill. Then there is the name of another tho name of an humble, hard-working servitor in tho cause of education. Wo can see his kindly and smiling black iao oven yet. Ho played his part in tho work of educating the boys and girls who are now fathers and mothers of tho class of '08. Ben Harris, the faithful old negro janitor, who fired the furnace, swept and dusted, rang the bell in tho morning to call us to school, and again at 9 p. m. to warn us that we'd have to hustle indoors and do a little stunt of studying. Let's see, what was tho name of that young scapegrace who was let down a hot-air flue at the end of a rope by other scapegraces, and nearly frightened "Old Ben" into connip tions when ho groped his way in to ring the study bell at 9 p. m.? And who were the young scapegraces who tied a kite string to the clapper of tho bell, ran the string across the street, over the roof of tho German church and on into the cemetery, and then played "hookey," and mystified Pro fessor Hill and his staff and "Old Ben" by ringing the boll every few minutes during that lazy spring after noon? And those other scapegraces who stole the boll-clapper who were they? They were tho same ones who used to sneak off through Russoll's pasture and down Into tho woods sur rounding the town, following the creek down to Kunkel's mills. The same ones that coasted down the "long hill;" the same ones that went nutting in the woods, skating on Brodbeck's pond and fishing in the Tarklo; the same ones who are now prone to look solemn and warn their offspring against doing those very things they used to do with so much enthusiasm. Me, O My! Wonder If tho mem bers of the class of '08 had as much fun during their school days as their fathers and mothers used to have? Right here is where tho architect stops and hikes home to pack his suit case. He and the "missus" are going to be there when the class of '08 steps forward In a body to re ceive the plaudits of the assembled multitude. He is going to slip a quarter of a century from his shoul ders and climb up into that old bell tower and carve his initials onco more In the woodwork, going to do another sum on the blackboard, hide another "Old Sleuth" in his geogra phy, fasten another pin in the ink well and make it hum, slip another note across the aisle, dodge around behind the German church and sneak past the old tombstones on his surreptitious way through Russell's pasture on his way to the creek. 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